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NEW ZEALAND PLANTS. 



FIG. 50. The North Island Edelweiss (HelicJirysum Leonto podium). 



[Photo, W. C. Da vies. 



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FIG. 51. Helicliri/Hinii fxllidioidex, showing the white bracts of the flower-heads, 

 which look like petals. Stony ground near Arthur's Pass. 



[Photo, L. Cockayne. 



